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'We could hear the gunshots; my kids were scared'

Mary Renkiewicz, a nurse at Children's Hospital, talks about her experiences as a Hamtramck resident working in Detroit in 1967. Tanks blocked outsiders from entering Hamtramck, and she had to show a civil defense card to get in and out of Detroit.

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Mary Renkiewicz, a nurse at Children's Hospital, talks about her experiences as a Hamtramck resident working in Detroit in 1967. Tanks blocked outsiders from entering Hamtramck, and she had to show a civil defense card to get in and out of Detroit.
Max Ortiz, The Detroit News